How do you pronounce Houghton le Spring?
Richard
pronounced Ho ton. But during the election campaign a few times I
heard it pronounced How ton (including that Northern Life political
correspondent, I think I may of even heard their local MP pronounce it
like that on TV).
Mark Hewitt
I've always pronounced it Ho-ton-le-spring. Certainly not hoW-ton-le-spring.
But I don't live there so could be completely wrong.
Keep in mind the local MP might not be a local resident.
AlanH
People from elsewhere in the country usually incorrectly pronounce it as
How-ton ( especially Newsreaders and Politicians )
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Phil Britton
Yes he/she is. It's just that they may spend a lot of time in their "second"
home in London :-)
cheers
Phil
Mark Hewitt
> I live nearby in Sunderland and it's definitely Hoe-ton.
> People from elsewhere in the country usually incorrectly pronounce it as
> How-ton ( especially Newsreaders and Politicians )
Other amusing ones from southeners are their attempts to pronounce
Chester-le-Street and the all time favourite - Ponteland.
Eric Jennings
Regards
Er-wick
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carl
Mark Hewitt <ma...@markhewitt.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Other amusing ones from southeners are their attempts to pronounce
> Chester-le-Street and the all time favourite - Ponteland.
I work down in London and was dealing with something related to ponteland,
just out of curiosity, i asked a colleague to pronounce it, they came up
with "pont-y-land" which made me laugh.
Carl
Stan Mould
"Mark Hewitt" <ma...@markhewitt.co.uk> wrote in message
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You mean 'Chester LEE Street' and 'PontyLAND'?
Stan
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Wilber
Yeah, I've had stuff addressed to Chesterly Street amongst others...
How about "Goes Forth", that catches 'em out an all
Wilber.
Phil Britton
I've got some friends from down south who piss themselves laughing at
Northerners trying to pronounce "Featherstonehaugh" and "Vale of Belvoir"
cheers
Phil
Edwin Robson
I've always said Hoe-tun, or even Hoo-tun at times - but I'm from
Newcastle, so what do I know.
On the Ponty-land theme I've heard Americans asking for Bazinstuky in
Hamp Shire (i.e. Basingstoke).
There's a place called Shelsey Beauchamp near Brum.
The locals laughed at me when I first read it out (it's pronounced
Beecham, as in the powders).
Edwin.
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Patrick Nethercot
from "AlanH" <al...@totalise.co.uk> contains these words:
> I live nearby in Sunderland and it's definitely Hoe-ton.
Yes. And I used to live there too.
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The Three Rivers Rambler.
Definitely "Hoe" as in garden or Plymouth and "tun" as in 20cwt or
Tonn´age.
So how about
Wark
Lowick
Sacriston
Tudhoe
Mousehole(Cornwall)
And one that's always puzzled me. Why does everybody pronounce
Windscale as Sellafield? >?)
Cheers
The Three Rivers Rambler.
John West McKenna
>> Other amusing ones from southeners are their attempts to pronounce
>> Chester-le-Street and the all time favourite - Ponteland.
>I've got some friends from down south who piss themselves laughing at
>Northerners trying to pronounce "Featherstonehaugh" and "Vale of Belvoir"
Well, I'm a poor dumb Aussie who'd provide you all with hours of amusement
trying to pronounce any of these. Is there a "How to not make a fool of
yourself in the UK" guide? While I'm living here, I'd like to keep the
hysterical laughter to a minimum.
John
Devi Jankowicz
brigan...@hotmail.com (The Three Rivers Rambler.) wrote:
>So how about
>Wark
Waaak
>Lowick
Divvenknaa: Lerwik?
>Sacriston
Just as it's spelt: Sakriston, with the accent on the "Sak"
>Tudhoe
Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
>Mousehole(Cornwall)
Mowsell, but that's cheating.
Now tell me this: how would you pronounce
Acomb (the one on the North Tyne, not the one near York)
Kind regards,
Devi
Devi Jankowicz
jo...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (John "West" McKenna) wrote:
>Well, I'm a poor dumb Aussie who'd provide you all with hours of amusement
>trying to pronounce any of these. Is there a "How to not make a fool of
>yourself in the UK" guide? While I'm living here, I'd like to keep the
>hysterical laughter to a minimum.
Simple. You gan intee a perb and you say out loud "Fillthubaaar"!
This magic word will see you through difficult times and result in lots of
new friends, until you have to return to that idyllic land down under or
your money runs out, whichever happens first. (Aussie ingenuity in
wealth-creation versus Geordie thirsts: now _there's_ an interesting
contest.)
(Meynd yee, ah knaa that Newcastle is the centre of civilisation and so on,
but why on earth did you leave Australia to come to the UK? Had the best
fortnight of my life down under and if I was younger, I'd be emigrating
there like a shot!)
Kind regards,
Devi
Wilber
>
> Richard <so...@block.here> wrote in message news:<c3qeit4rufiol3u77...@4ax.com>...
> > How do you pronounce Houghton le Spring? I always thought it was
> > pronounced Ho ton. But during the election campaign a few times I
> > heard it pronounced How ton (including that Northern Life political
> > correspondent, I think I may of even heard their local MP pronounce it
> > like that on TV).
>
> Definitely "Hoe" as in garden or Plymouth and "tun" as in 20cwt or
> Tonn´age.
>
> So how about
> Wark
waak
> Lowick
> Sacriston
seggie
> Tudhoe
> Mousehole(Cornwall)
shithole?
> And one that's always puzzled me. Why does everybody pronounce
> Windscale as Sellafield? >?)
LOL
Wilber.
Reginald Perrin
Its a constant source of irritation that people up here pronounce places
like Portsmouth in the same way they pronounce Tynemouth. To everyone else
in the country its Ports Muth or Fal Muth (for Falmouth). The best ones that
are constantly mis pronounced are Ponteland (ponti land) rather than pon tee
land and Tow Law (toe law).
Mind you I used to go out with a girl from Crook in the late 70s and there
the entire town called their night club the Eeee Light, it was only when I
actualy saw the club that I realised it was actually called the Elite!
I look forward to many more examples!
Reggy
PROUDY
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MAKEM LAND!
Edwin Robson
(it's pronounced "hoik").
Radical Dragon
"The Three Rivers Rambler." <brigan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> And one that's always puzzled me. Why does everybody pronounce
> Windscale as Sellafield? >?)
Cos it glows green in the dark?
Ayways how'd y'lot pronounce Gosforth?
Cheers,
RD
phil henry
<nospam.totte...@btinternet.com> wrote:
[..]
>Ayways how'd y'lot pronounce Gosforth?
Gosfuth.
Edwin Robson
>
> Ayways how'd y'lot pronounce Gosforth?
Gosfath
carl
Edwin Robson <ed...@ftel.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Radical Dragon wrote:
> >
> > Ayways how'd y'lot pronounce Gosforth?
>
> Gosfath
>
And people in deepest, darkest benwell often pronounce it as 'Gosfaff'...
Although i tend to use Gossie.. ;o)
Regards,
Carl
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John West McKenna
>(Meynd yee, ah knaa that Newcastle is the centre of civilisation and so on,
>but why on earth did you leave Australia to come to the UK? Had the best
>fortnight of my life down under and if I was younger, I'd be emigrating
>there like a shot!)
I'm completely insane :-) And they offered me the job of my dreams...
But I actually quite like it here. Probably the best part is how easy it
is to get away from Newcastle - but perhaps I'd better not say that too
loudly in a newsgroup full of Geordies.
And home is only 700-800 pounds and a 24 hour flight away.
John
phil henry
McKenna) wrote:
>an...@devi.demon.co.uk (Devi Jankowicz) writes:
>
>>(Meynd yee, ah knaa that Newcastle is the centre of civilisation and so on,
>>but why on earth did you leave Australia to come to the UK? Had the best
>>fortnight of my life down under and if I was younger, I'd be emigrating
>>there like a shot!)
>
>I'm completely insane :-) And they offered me the job of my dreams...
>
>But I actually quite like it here. Probably the best part is how easy it
>is to get away from Newcastle - but perhaps I'd better not say that too
>loudly in a newsgroup full of Geordies.
Many of whom are exiles.
Stan Mould
> >
> > Ayways how'd y'lot pronounce Gosforth?
>
> Gosfath
>
> --
> Edwin Robson.
Aye, that's reet. Gosfath.
The Three Rivers Rambler.
> >Wark
>
> Waaak
>
> >Lowick
>
> Divvenknaa: Lerwik?
>
The local even argue over this! Some say Low-ik, some Loe-ik, some say
Low (as in "OW ya bassa") ik. If you see what I mean?
> >Sacriston
>
> Just as it's spelt: Sakriston, with the accent on the "Sak"
Ner ner ner. Arl the lurcels say, "Segg-i-sun">
> >Tudhoe
>
> Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
Pedantic mode on.
We always said, Tudd ah. I went teh scuyll theor. Well sort of. I
became an expert at playing the nic.
Pedantic mode off
> >Mousehole(Cornwall)
>
> Mowsell, but that's cheating.
Mowz-L. I used to live there.
>
> Now tell me this: how would you pronounce
>
> Acomb (the one on the North Tyne, not the one near York)
I've always pronounced it Ache-um, as does the guy that has the
smashing scrap yard there. It's full of classics. Cars wagons &
busses. Thats coaches to arl yee suverners.
>
tom-a-doe tom-ar-toe?
theres the chimla ahad again.
TRR
Devi Jankowicz
brigan...@hotmail.com (The Three Rivers Rambler.) wrote:
>> >Tudhoe
>>
>> Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
>
>Pedantic mode on.
>We always said, Tudd ah. I went teh scuyll theor. Well sort of. I
>became an expert at playing the nic.
>Pedantic mode off
<snip>
>>
>> Now tell me this: how would you pronounce
>>
>> Acomb (the one on the North Tyne, not the one near York)
>
>I've always pronounced it Ache-um, as does the guy that has the
>smashing scrap yard there. It's full of classics. Cars wagons &
>busses. Thats coaches to arl yee suverners.
"Tudder" in 171 Durham Road, Spennymooor, just 2/3 of a mile away from the
cricket club, St. Charles Boromeo's (church not school), or Tudder green,
whichever you hold to be the definitive centre. Tudda, possibly, in one or
more of those other locations! But Tudd ah? Mebbis yez wiz on thu booz that
neyt, hence the gap?
Someone once said that the difference between England and anywhere else in
the world is that, while you can tell where you are by the accent of the
native tongue to within 250 miles elsewhere, the accent varies between one
street and another in England if your ear is sufficiently well attuned!
And now to the best bit of Geordie as she is spoke: Acomb. Oh, oh oh,
"ache-um" eh old chep, lah di dah? Yes, I suppose so, Ache-um tee all them
that can afford classic and vintage cars, denizens of Jesmond and Gosforth
to a man (aye, and woman: fur coets and nee knickers, wezis not sexist
heyor ye knaa).
But "Yyyeckum" tee ivveryone else!
Kind regards,
Devi
Ian Jackson
<an...@devi.demon.co.uk> writes
I think we need to distinguish between 'pronunciation' and 'slovenly
speech'.
Ian
Wim Jay
> Ever been to Hawick, over the border in Scotland ?
> (it's pronounced "hoik").
>
Been there? Aa bliddy live there! Thi divvint narf taak funny an' aal. When
Aa asked for "a pund of unyins" in the greengrocers, they haddint a bliddy
cloo waat Aa ment. Then thi penny dropped. "Oh, ye mean ingins?".
Aa divvint knaa waats the wurst name, Hawick (Hoik) or where Aa used ti
live, Cowpen, pronoonced Coopin. (Part of Blyth.)
--
Wim
phil henry
wrote:
>Aa divvint knaa waats the wurst name, Hawick (Hoik) or where Aa used ti
>live, Cowpen, pronoonced Coopin. (Part of Blyth.)
and Cowgate or Coogate ?
Devi Jankowicz
Ian Jackson <ianja...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>But "Yyyeckum" tee ivveryone else!
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Devi
>>
>
>I think we need to distinguish between 'pronunciation' and 'slovenly
>speech'.
>Ian
Highly debatable point.
Which isn't a way of saying "I disagree", but, literally, that you start
lots of hares with the comment!
"Slovenly" with respect to whose standard pronounciation?
Queen's English? No, because we're talking about Geordie here.
So: which variant is definitive? Impossible to day, since we can't agree on
where the boundaries of Geordieland lie anyway.
All right then: which of the various districts (e.g. Walker, Wallsend,
Benwell, Ponteland, Longbenton, Quayside, and further out, Morpeth, Wark,
Blythe etc. etc.) is closest enough to what it is to be Geordie, to have
its pronounciation recognised as standard? Don't suppose there is a single
one.
Sooo: what else have we got as a standard from what's slovenly and what
isn't? Middle-class standards of what counts as "polite"? Nowadays I
suppose I'm middle-class myself, but I'd be very uncomfortable with _that_
as a standard!
Kind regards,
Devi
Wim Jay
"Devi Jankowicz" <an...@devi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> All right then: which of the various districts (e.g. Walker, Wallsend,
> Benwell, Ponteland, Longbenton, Quayside, and further out, Morpeth, Wark,
> Blythe etc. etc.)
Blythe! Blythe! ........... Appaplecksy!
--
Wim
The Three Rivers Rambler.
> Aa asked for "a pund of unyins" in the greengrocers, they haddint a bliddy
> cloo waat Aa ment. Then thi penny dropped. "Oh, ye mean ingins?".
Why there yer gan. Ah arlways thowt an ingin wuz summat William Hedley inventid. >?)
TRR
Wim Jay
"The Three Rivers Rambler." <brigan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Noo Aal hev ti be honest, Aa had ti gan and luk Billy Hedley up. He med
injins did he not?
Noo ti get back ti these funny taalkers up here, they pronoonce onions like
"ingins" - d'ya naa waat Aa mean? Like, swingin', yi see. Not like injins.
Aa keep tellin' thim, "Aa taalk thi syem as 'ee, man" but thi divint believe
is, like.
--
Wim
Dominic Cronin
<Re...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>Dont be too smug with the southerners mis pronouncing place names up here.
>Its a constant source of irritation that people up here pronounce places
>like Portsmouth in the same way they pronounce Tynemouth. To everyone else
>in the country its Ports Muth or Fal Muth (for Falmouth).
Erm - surely Tynemouth is pronounced Tyne-muth. Anyone attempting to
pronounce it Tyne-mowth should get a bat in the muth.
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
Jankowicz) wrote:
>In article <9g8evh$q6f$1...@mermaid.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>,
>jo...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (John "West" McKenna) wrote:
>
>>Well, I'm a poor dumb Aussie who'd provide you all with hours of amusement
>>trying to pronounce any of these. Is there a "How to not make a fool of
>>yourself in the UK" guide? While I'm living here, I'd like to keep the
>>hysterical laughter to a minimum.
>
>Simple. You gan intee a perb and you say out loud "Fillthubaaar"!
>
>This magic word will see you through difficult times and result in lots of
>new friends, until you have to return to that idyllic land down under or
>your money runs out, whichever happens first. (Aussie ingenuity in
>wealth-creation versus Geordie thirsts: now _there's_ an interesting
>contest.)
Here in Holland, they have a bell hanging in most bars. It fills
exactly the same function as the simple cry of "Fillthubaaar" - should
you be daft enough to ring it. No need for such a custom in
Geordieland though!!!
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
Jankowicz) wrote:
>
>>Tudhoe
>
>Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
>
<pedant>More like Tuddah </pedant>
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
Rivers Rambler.) wrote:
>
>> >Tudhoe
>>
>> Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
>
>Pedantic mode on.
>We always said, Tudd ah. I went teh scuyll theor. Well sort of. I
>became an expert at playing the nic.
>Pedantic mode off
>
Bloody hell - that's uncanny. I just posted *exactly* the same thing
two minutes before reading this.
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
Jankowicz) wrote:
>In article <471f7539.0106...@posting.google.com>,
>brigan...@hotmail.com (The Three Rivers Rambler.) wrote:
>
>>> >Tudhoe
>>>
>>> Tudder. Ah lived near theyor before a cyame north tee West Denton.
>>
>>Pedantic mode on.
>>We always said, Tudd ah. I went teh scuyll theor. Well sort of. I
>>became an expert at playing the nic.
>>Pedantic mode off
>
><snip>
>
>>>
>>> Now tell me this: how would you pronounce
>>>
<snip>>
>"Tudder" in 171 Durham Road, Spennymooor, just 2/3 of a mile away from the
>cricket club, St. Charles Boromeo's (church not school), or Tudder green,
>whichever you hold to be the definitive centre. Tudda, possibly, in one or
>more of those other locations! But Tudd ah? Mebbis yez wiz on thu booz that
>neyt, hence the gap?
>
See my previous posts: but if we're getting geographical, I lived on
St. Charles' Road, opposite the Cricket club, set yer watch by the OK
bus, 20 minutes from Smart and Brown's (where I worked - but then the
only people that didn't work there didn't work)
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Wim Jay
"Dominic Cronin" <dom...@mySurname.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3b2a4f80...@news.demon.nl...
>
> Erm - surely Tynemouth is pronounced Tyne-muth.
Tynemooth?
--
Wim
Dominic Cronin
Jankowicz) wrote:
>In article <OwsThBA4...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>,
>Ian Jackson <ianja...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>But "Yyyeckum" tee ivveryone else!
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>
>>>Devi
>>>
>>
>>I think we need to distinguish between 'pronunciation' and 'slovenly
>>speech'.
>>Ian
>
>Highly debatable point.
>
>Which isn't a way of saying "I disagree", but, literally, that you start
>lots of hares with the comment!
>
>"Slovenly" with respect to whose standard pronounciation?
>Queen's English?
Hmm. For example:
OED Us The Queen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trousers Troozaz Try-zahz
Motor Car Murta Meytakar
OK - so I nicked the spelling for murta from Sid the Sexist, but
who's counting....
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Wim Jay
>
> Here in Holland, they have a bell hanging in most bars. It fills
> exactly the same function as the simple cry of "Fillthubaaar" - should
> you be daft enough to ring it.
I was one daft Geordie who did just that many years ago. I had been sipping
jenever all day in a broon cafe and cracking with the barman. There were
about a dozen locals in and he said to me, "Would you ring that bell,
please." Thinking he wanted attention, I reached up and rang the bell. It
was me that got the attention! Suddenly a popular bloke. It was all done in
good fun though and the bartender filled the bar himself.
--
Wim
Dominic Cronin
wrote:
>
Or even Tyne-mith
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Devi Jankowicz
"Wim Jay" <Wim...@excite.co.uk> wrote:
Quite right too. (Spent too much time in the company of a lass called
Rachel Blythe, that's my problem.)
Kind regards,
Devi
Devi Jankowicz
dom...@mySurname.co.uk (Dominic Cronin) wrote:
>>>> Now tell me this: how would you pronounce
>>>>
><snip>>
>>"Tudder" in 171 Durham Road, Spennymooor, just 2/3 of a mile away from the
>>cricket club, St. Charles Boromeo's (church not school), or Tudder green,
>>whichever you hold to be the definitive centre. Tudda, possibly, in one or
>>more of those other locations! But Tudd ah? Mebbis yez wiz on thu booz that
>>neyt, hence the gap?
>>
>
>See my previous posts: but if we're getting geographical, I lived on
>St. Charles' Road, opposite the Cricket club, set yer watch by the OK
>bus, 20 minutes from Smart and Brown's (where I worked - but then the
>only people that didn't work there didn't work)
Who Wants Tee Be A Spennymoor Millionaire Contest Round 23
Local Knowledge round: Dom Cronin:
What was the wooden planking near the edge of the pitch in the cricket
gound _supposedly_ covering?
All agog tee see if your story matches mine...
Devi
Devi Jankowicz
dom...@mySurname.co.uk (Dominic Cronin) wrote:
>>"Slovenly" with respect to whose standard pronounciation?
>>Queen's English?
>
>
>Hmm. For example:
>
>OED Us The Queen
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Trousers Troozaz Try-zahz
>Motor Car Murta Meytakar
>
>OK - so I nicked the spelling for murta from Sid the Sexist, but
>who's counting....
Ah knaa, ah knaa: even Hor Majesty doesn't speak English. What is the world
coming to...
Kind regards,
Devi
Blue
Wim Jay
Aa ment thas nee "e" in Blyth! That's wat giv is thi appaplexy.
(A lot of folk make that mistake but they're usually from darn Sarf) ;o)
--
Wim
Devi Jankowicz
"Wim Jay" <Wim...@excite.co.uk> wrote:
>"Devi Jankowicz" <an...@devi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:B7502BC69...@devi.demon.co.uk...
>> In article <d6nW6.101422$ML4.7...@nnrp4.clara.net>,
>> "Wim Jay" <Wim...@excite.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Blythe! Blythe! ........... Appaplecksy!
>>
>> Quite right too. (Spent too much time in the company of a lass called
>> Rachel Blythe, that's my problem.)
>>
>
>Aa ment thas nee "e" in Blyth! That's wat giv is thi appaplexy.
>
>(A lot of folk make that mistake but they're usually from darn Sarf) ;o)
>--
>Wim
Ah knaa what ye meant, me bonny lad: and the lass was my feeble excuse!
("Quite right too" refered te yee bein reight, not me!)
One of us was short of a pint or two last night, methinks...
Kind regards,
Devi
The Three Rivers Rambler.
> Who Wants Tee Be A Spennymoor Millionaire Contest Round 23
>
> Local Knowledge round: Dom Cronin:
>
> What was the wooden planking near the edge of the pitch in the cricket
> gound _supposedly_ covering?
>
> All agog tee see if your story matches mine...
>
> Devi
Cana rava ago Devi?
Waddant be owt teh dee wi the V1 blarn the cricket pavillion teh bits?
Chrismus Eve 1944.
An yeve serrus away in remenisin mode. Cant' say to mutch lyke, but I
had a canny experience on that wicket in 1972.
It involved two sisters from Tuddah. (Convent lasses anall.) >;)))))
Oh an Dom. De yee nar owt about Rotterdam? Av gorra gan there on
Thorsda, Frida an Sarada, teh tek some photee's lyke. Ony tips?
Cheers
TRR
Stan Mould
"The Three Rivers Rambler." <brigan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:471f7539.01061...@posting.google.com...
news:<B7502BC59...@devi.demon.co.uk>...
> > Who Wants Tee Be A Spennymoor Millionaire Contest Round 23
> >
> > Local Knowledge round: Dom Cronin:
> >
> > What was the wooden planking near the edge of the pitch in the
cricket
> > gound _supposedly_ covering?
> >
> > All agog tee see if your story matches mine...
> >
> > Devi
>
> Cana rava ago Devi?
>
> Waddant be owt teh dee wi the V1 blarn the cricket pavillion teh bits?
A V1, aal the way up theor? Nar, surely not?
> Chrismus Eve 1944.
>
> An yeve serrus away in remenisin mode. Cant' say to mutch lyke, but I
> had a canny experience on that wicket in 1972.
> It involved two sisters from Tuddah. (Convent lasses anall.) >;)))))
Ye dorty dog, ye! :-) What happened te ya bails?
> Cheers
> TRR
Stan
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Stan Mould
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:06:10 +0100, an...@devi.demon.co.uk (Devi
> Jankowicz) wrote:
>
> >In article <OwsThBA4...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>,
> >Ian Jackson <ianja...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>>But "Yyyeckum" tee ivveryone else!
> >>>
> >>>Kind regards,
> >>>
> >>>Devi
> >>>
> >>
> >>I think we need to distinguish between 'pronunciation' and 'slovenly
> >>speech'.
> >>Ian
> >
> >Highly debatable point.
> >
> >Which isn't a way of saying "I disagree", but, literally, that you
start
> >lots of hares with the comment!
> >
> >"Slovenly" with respect to whose standard pronounciation?
> >Queen's English?
>
>
> Hmm. For example:
>
> OED Us The Queen
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> Trousers Troozaz Try-zahz
> Motor Car Murta Meytakar
> Amsterdam
House Hoose Hyse
Down Doon Dyne
Stan Mould
phil henry
<sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>"Dominic Cronin" <dom...@mySurname.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:3b2a52ca...@news.demon.nl...
>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:06:10 +0100, an...@devi.demon.co.uk (Devi
>> Jankowicz) wrote:
>> Hmm. For example:
>>
>> OED Us The Queen
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>----
>> Trousers Troozaz Try-zahz
>> Motor Car Murta Meytakar
>> Dominic Cronin
>> Amsterdam
>
> House Hoose Hyse
> Down Doon Dyne
Am I wrong A Meringue emiwrong
Devi Jankowicz
brigan...@hotmail.com (The Three Rivers Rambler.) wrote:
Whey yerbuggermar! Anutha Spennymoor lad!
Near enough: ah had it that it was a landmine.
Rambla, yee get thu 32,000 question reyt and keep yor fonapal an yor
fifty-fifty. Dom, yorthuweekest link, and I smile my crooked smile, haadon
but, wrong programme...
Kind regards,
Devi
Wim Jay
>
> One of us was short of a pint or two last night, methinks...
>
Aye, I'll try one of them pomegranate gin thingys you were on about, and
then read the whole lot again to see if it makes sense yet. ;o)
--
Wim
The Three Rivers Rambler.
Aye it waz. Fowertyfive o the buggers. The wuz air lornched form a
speshul scwodrun o them Henkiel 111's of the coast o Hull. The Gormuns
wuz aimin fer Manchesta but one bomb must a fanceed having a gan at
Spenny.
It cum doon 170 miles off track at five past six. Blew the cricket
pav. to smithereens, left the wicket with a hole in it, looking to all
intents and purposes as if 10,000 coal miners had been searching for
Arne Saknussemm, damaged the C of E Vicarage, nearby Catholic Church,
orphanage and neorly fower hundrid hooses.
> Ye dorty dog, ye! :-) What happened te ya bails?
They wuz delicutleee ajustid on the wickit by Caruline and Maree.
USING THEOR TUNGS! >?}
Ahhhhhhhhh. Convunt lasses.
(Said, hoping not too offend onybody.)
Cheers
TRR
The Three Rivers Rambler.
Not quite Devi. A Durham lad.
Product of an idiosyncrasy of Durham Education authority policy in the
early seventies.
I waz telt, ya're to thick teh gan teh Gramma scuyll, to clivvor to
tak CSE's, so ye ganna gan teh this speshul scuyll miles away from
yem. (Ner it wassant approoved, afore ye say oot Mr E!)
The school was the Alderman Wraith, Taddah Grange or Durham Road. The
clivvor adultz cud nivvor decide wat the call the place, so ah decided
after assembee's, teh hop on the OK an gan teh Newcassel. Only got
rumbled once in five yeors. Ownlee stopped at skuyll fer PE and the
take part in the battles wi the posh kids from Tuddah St Charles.
(Left Footers!) >?)
And if you'll allow uz a little name droppen. P.J. Proby (Aye, him
that split his troos.) used te cum to the scuyll of a dinner time and
play the odd bit o vollyball wi us.
Noo ye nar why me gramma's sh*te?
> Rambla, yee get thu 32,000 question reyt and keep yor fonapal an yor
> fifty-fifty.
How that's canny man. What wi the 32,000 grand and the repeat fees, al
be able the hev the lectric reconektud.
Keep ahad.
TRR
Dominic Cronin
<snootchie...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>Any relation to Damien Cronin???
>
>
Not that I know of! Last time I played rugby I was 12. They dropped me
from the A team at Cuthy's and that was it for me. Maybe I should have
kept it up...
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
ROTFLMAO
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Dominic Cronin
Sorry Devi - can I phone a friend?
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Devi Jankowicz
dom...@mySurname.co.uk (Dominic Cronin) wrote:
>>Who Wants Tee Be A Spennymoor Millionaire Contest Round 23
>>
>>Local Knowledge round: Dom Cronin:
>>
>>What was the wooden planking near the edge of the pitch in the cricket
>>gound _supposedly_ covering?
>>
>>All agog tee see if your story matches mine...
>>
>>Devi
>>
>>
>Sorry Devi - can I phone a friend?
Too late! Three Rivers Rambler got there first: a second world war
explosion caused by, I heard, a landmine; and caused, according to Theree
Rivers Rambler, by an air-launched V1 (nivvor knew there were such things
but apparently so!)
Kind regards,
Devi
Edwin Robson
>
> Erm - surely Tynemouth is pronounced Tyne-muth. Anyone attempting to
> pronounce it Tyne-mowth should get a bat in the muth.
Thanks Dom, I've always said "Tyne-mowth", and I probably got that from
me Mam, who's from Willington Quay.
--
Edwin Robson.
Work: ed...@ftel.co.uk http://www.ftel.co.uk/
Home: ed...@nihilum.freeserve.co.uk http://www.nihilum.freeserve.co.uk/
Phil Britton
What do you expect from a bunch of foreigners, mostly german, some of whom,
pretend to be greek , or scottish ?
Now if some of these ignorant bigots would shout about sending the
Sachs-Coburgs home I might be tempted to joind in
cheers
Phil
Nick
Wore de I find misell a Gordie speel che-er ? It's all playing havoc with my
'English' one ;-}
--
Nick, in Northallerton, North Yorkshire !
nrw7
a t
yahoo.com
Also at www.nrw.clara.co.uk
Edwin Robson
know.
(results dubious at the best of times, but it's better than the other
one, whos location escapes me, that used to get advertised in ulg).
--
Devi Jankowicz
Phil Britton <phil.b...@prismtechnologies.com> wrote:
>What do you expect from a bunch of foreigners, mostly german, some of whom,
>pretend to be greek , or scottish ?
>
>Now if some of these ignorant bigots would shout about sending the
>Sachs-Coburgs home I might be tempted to joind in
That's another problem with telling people to "go home". Viz., that what
you get in their place could be worse: if it wasn't Saxe-Coburg-Gotha it
would have to be a Scottish revival in the shape of the Stuarts...
Kind regards,
Devi
PS Meynd yee, that mightn't be so bad: Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother was a
Polish princess ye knaa (Marie Sobieska), so we'd be ruled by someone whose
ancestors are Polish. Actually, the more I think of it, the more I like it.
Stan Mould
Mey Mam's Dutch, so I'm half-Dutch.
If I spoke Double-Dutch, would I only be speaking Dutch?
Devi Jankowicz
"Stan Mould" <sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:
>Mey Mam's Dutch, so I'm half-Dutch.
>
>If I spoke Double-Dutch, would I only be speaking Dutch?
And if you go Dutch, as you're half that, does it mean thu lass has tee pay
fer it aal by horsel?
Kind regards,
Devi
Wim Jay
"Stan Mould" <sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Mey Mam's Dutch, so I'm half-Dutch.
>
Has she got a brother? ...... your Dutch Uncle! <g>
--
Wim
Stan Mould
Wey, Aa nivver thort o' that! Aa'd hiv been quids in if Aa hed!
Stan Mould
Nar, she wuz an only child. And Aa'm not efter a Dutch Uncle, but Aa
cud dee with a Swedish Sugar-mammy! Aboot 19, blonde, wi' big ... er,
hands. And she'd hevta be keen on 52 yair owld, over-weight baldies,
an' aal.
Oh, and short-sighted too.
Wim Jay
>
> "Wim Jay" <Wim...@excite.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:13OX6.114194$ML4.8...@nnrp4.clara.net...
> >
> > "Stan Mould" <sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:dGsX6.38212$J25.5...@news1.cableinet.net...
> > >
> > > Mey Mam's Dutch, so I'm half-Dutch.
> > >
> >
> > Has she got a brother? ...... your Dutch Uncle! <g>
> > --
> > Wim
>
> Nar, she wuz an only child. And Aa'm not efter a Dutch Uncle, but Aa
> cud dee with a Swedish Sugar-mammy! Aboot 19, blonde, wi' big ... er,
> hands. And she'd hevta be keen on 52 yair owld, over-weight baldies,
> an' aal.
>
> Oh, and short-sighted too.
LOL! OK, I'll send the au pair roond for the weekend. Apart from me being a
bit older than you, our descriptions seem to be about the same, so she
should click with you. ;o)
--
Wim
Stan Mould
>
> LOL! OK, I'll send the au pair roond for the weekend. Apart from me
being a
> bit older than you, our descriptions seem to be about the same, so she
> should click with you. ;o)
> --
> Wim
Ta, Marra. As long as she's not an Anne Widdecombe look-alike, I'll be
fine!
Aa'll send hor back well used! Gawd, what a sexist Geordie remark!
Wim Jay
"Super John" <superjo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> <uk.local.county-durham , Stan Mould , sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> Says
> ...
>
> > Ta, Marra. As long as she's not an Anne Widdecombe look-alike, I'll be
> > fine!
> >
>
>
> Any newsgroup where she gets a mention - its always a slagging she gets!
> .
>
> Just once , Can somebody say something nice about her ????? .
Yes. She is not a horrendous looking gargoyle. She is just plain ugly.
--
Wim
Wim Jay
>
> But she has feelings just like anybody else , What gives people the right
> to say these cruel things about her on usenet ? .
Because she has placed herself in the public arena *and* said cruel things
about various groups in this country.
She reaps what she has sown.
--
Wim
Devi Jankowicz
"Wim Jay" <Wim...@excite.co.uk> wrote:
Ah. Two wrongs make a right. Nice one Wim. Good moral reasoning there.
Kind regards,
Devi
Dominic Cronin
<superjo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
><uk.local.county-durham , Stan Mould , sm004...@cableinet.co.uk> Says
>...
>
>> Ta, Marra. As long as she's not an Anne Widdecombe look-alike, I'll be
>> fine!
>>
>
>What does everybody have against this woman ? .
>
>Any newsgroup where she gets a mention - its always a slagging she gets!
>.
>
>Just once , Can somebody say something nice about her ????? .
erm - Anne Widdicombe for Pope???
--
Dominic Cronin
Amsterdam
Jason Waghorn
>
> Because she has placed herself in the public arena *and* said cruel things
> about various groups in this country.
>
> She reaps what she has sown.
And lets be honest, she's plug ugly
Steve White
<9g8evh$q6f$1...@mermaid.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>...
>Well, I'm a poor dumb Aussie who'd provide you all with hours of amusement
>trying to pronounce any of these. Is there a "How to not make a fool of
>yourself in the UK" guide? While I'm living here, I'd like to keep the
>hysterical laughter to a minimum.
I had a mate from Leicester who's dad was approached by an Aussie in the M1
services and asked where "Loogeh - Beroogeh" was ..... he wanted
Loughborough (which I think is really pronouced called Luffboro.)
I come from near to Counden (outside of Bishop Auckland) ... its pronounced
Cownden - we get some great misspronunciations of that one.
Someone mentioned Tow Law ..... I thought the Tow was pronounced as to rhyme
with Wow! .... of have I gotten it wrong all of these times?
and Crook is Surely pronouce Cruck although I've often heard Cruke (as if it
rhymed with book or cook :-)
Cheers,
Steve White
Ewano
Steve White scribbled in nice crayon:-
> Someone mentioned Tow Law ..... I thought the Tow was pronounced as to
> rhyme with Wow! .... of have I gotten it wrong all of these times?
You are getting it right, TowLaw is indeed pronounced with the Tow rhymed
with Wow. Law is like it says, although if you're local it's sometimes
pronounced as Lah..
Usually when you're pissed..
Ewano
toyah
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>
> I look forward to many more examples!
Chichester in South Shields.
toyah
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the university asked a friend of mine how he could get to Lowbrow
University. Not a good indicator of how he felt about its academic
standards I hope.
Jason Waghorn
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> "Reginald Perrin" <Re...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > I look forward to many more examples!
>
> Chichester in South Shields.
As Chy(rhymes with sky)-Chester (or even Chy-Chestah) :-)
toyah
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I know that, you know that, anyone not from the North East doesn't :)
toyah
Reginald Perrin
Torquay. The kids re interpreted Torquay as Turkey "shes never run from
Turkey" came the cry, Its that pronunciation that comes in words such as wor
and of course Steves "cheors"
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Jan
what do I know - I have only lived here for 47 years!!